the mortal storm http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032811/keywords?ref_=tt_stry_kw has nazi germany tag but no world war 2 tag...I suppose there must a be a number of surprises like that. Also the different types of world war 2 titlesMovies (2,429) Television (1,113) Video Games (75) Short Films (695)should probably be randomly selected to get a better view of the running time.

Medievalist
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2014-06-13T13:41:18Z —
#3

OK, you asked for it. The song that Robert Altman requested Johnny Mandel write, with the instruction "It's got to be the stupidest song ever written", eventually written as a collaboration between Mandel and Altman's 14 year old son Micheal.

Through early morning fog I seeVisions of the things to beThe pains that are withheld for meI realize and I can see...

Chorus:that suicide is painlessIt brings on many changesAnd I can take or leave it if I please.

I try to find a way to makeAll our little joys relateWithout that ever-present hateBut now I know that it's too late, and...

<repeat chorus>

The game of life is hard to playI'm gonna lose it anywayThe losing card I'll someday laySo this is all I have to say.

<repeat chorus>

The only way to win is cheatAnd lay it down before I'm beatAnd to another give my seatFor that's the only painless feat.

<repeat chorus>

The sword of time will pierce our skinsIt doesn't hurt when it beginsBut as it works its way on inThe pain grows stronger...watch it grin...

<repeat chorus>

A brave man once requested meTo answer questions that are keyIs it to be or not to beAnd I replied 'oh why ask me?'

'Cause suicide is painlessIt brings on many changesAnd I can take or leave it if I please....and you can do the same thing if you please.

Geez, that's worse than the original. Athough admittedly "Manic Street Preachers" is a great band name, particularly for this song.

daneel
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2014-06-13T16:20:03Z —
#6

Oooh, don't be criticizing the Manics (@the_borderer will be upset with you). Great band. And awesomely, because they aren't well know over here despite being huge in the UK (a few years ago, admittedly), I got to see them in a tiny venue in Seattle. And they were fan-fucking-tastic.

Not their only war song, they did one about the Spanish Civil War too.

the_borderer
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2014-06-15T18:34:32Z —
#7

It's better than the b side by The Fatima Mansions (it was a charity record by the NME for The Spastics Society)

the_borderer
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2014-06-15T18:56:33Z —
#8

The manics never had much luck in the US. They tried to promote their first album there and got messed around by their record company, then ended up stuck in LA unable to perform because of the curfews during the riots. They would have probably been banned after one concert there if they had performed, they would almost certainly had said someting in support of Rodney King.

The second time they tried, Richey Edwards went missing on the day they were supposed to fly out.

I'm just waiting for the new album, with a new sound from them

GilbertWham
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2014-06-16T11:19:54Z —
#9

Terrible band, though.

doctorow
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2014-06-17T22:01:15Z —
#10

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